1. Course Skills You'll Learn
Understanding And Interpreting Data — Quiz
Test your understanding of understanding and interpreting data with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
A psychologist wants to compare test scores from two different classes. What does a mean usually tell us about the data set?
Question 2
A researcher reports that the median sleep time for a sample is $7$ hours. What does the median mean?
Question 3
A class graph shows that most students scored near $80$ on a quiz, and only a few scored much lower or much higher. What is the best description of this pattern?
Question 4
A psychology student looks at a bar graph showing the number of people in each therapy group. What is the student mainly interpreting?
Question 5
In a study, one group has scores from $10$ to $20$, while another group has scores from $10$ to $50$. What does this tell you about the second group?